Philae Lander’s Landing On Comet Reconstructed In New Animation

New animation from the European Space Agency shows the Philae Landers journey to Chury. The lander touched-down 3 times before settling on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Nov. 12th, 2014. According to the lander’s data, it soared and tumbled for 2 hours after first contact at Agilkia to finally settling down at Abydos.

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